Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Facing the HIPAA Challenge

• Some options:
  • Start over
  • Do nothing—current law will suffice
  • Clarify and modify if necessary (Federal response)
  • States still have the option to adopt more stringent standards vs. single standard

Notes:

For a long time policymakers in Washington were saying that HIPAA was off the table...